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ladies and gentlemen, both now and for the next four years, we have just such a leader in the whitehouse. something you realize quickly in the oval office the easy decisions are not the onesç tht make their way to ymu$ desk. whether they are issues of war and peace or grave economic matters, popular or unpopular, only a president can make those most difficult choices. in those moments, it takes more than a grasp of policy, it takes integrity and an understanding of why and whom you serve. from president obama's first day in office, i watched him because i know you have. they face tough decisions and always put the edge on middle class americans above those with larger wallets haven't ever loud their voice. i admire him for that. because president obama sits behind that desk, every day people from planes, georgia to pittsburgh have someone on their side, thinking about them, working to give them an equal chance in life. in just four short years he's worked to an economic to bring an end to the ill conceived war in iraq and signed into law historic healthcare reform, a dream that was al
ladies and gentlemen, both now and for the next four years, we have just such a leader in the whitehouse. something you realize quickly in the oval office the easy decisions are not the onesç tht make their way to ymu$ desk. whether they are issues of war and peace or grave economic matters, popular or unpopular, only a president can make those most difficult choices. in those moments, it takes more than a grasp of policy, it takes integrity and an understanding of why and whom you serve....
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six months ago we would watch him walk into a whitehouse dinner offering those who served in iraq. thought and 20 pounds heavier, dashing in his uniform, would big grin on his face, sturdy on his new leg. and i remember how a few months after that i would watch him on a bicycle, racing with his fellow wounded warriors on a sparkling spring day, inspiring other heroes who had just gun the hard path he had traveled. he gives me hope. [applause] he gives me hope. i don't know what party these men and women belong to. i don't know if they'll vote for me. but i know that their spirit defines us. they remind me in the words of scripture, that ours is a future filled with hope. and if you share that faith with me, if you share that hope with me, i ask you tonight for your vote. [crowd cheering] if you will just the notion that this prepared is reserved for the few, your voice must be heard in this election. if you reject the notion that our government is forever beholden to the highest bidder, you need to stand up in this election. if you believe that new plants and factories can dot our
six months ago we would watch him walk into a whitehouse dinner offering those who served in iraq. thought and 20 pounds heavier, dashing in his uniform, would big grin on his face, sturdy on his new leg. and i remember how a few months after that i would watch him on a bicycle, racing with his fellow wounded warriors on a sparkling spring day, inspiring other heroes who had just gun the hard path he had traveled. he gives me hope. [applause] he gives me hope. i don't know what party these men...
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ladies and gentlemen, both now and for the next four years, we have just such a leader in the whitehouse. something you realize quickly in the oval office the easy decisions are not the onesç tht make their way to ymu$ desk. whether they are issues of war and peace or grave economic matters, popular or unpopular, only a president can make those most difficult choices. in those moments, it takes more than a grasp of policy, it takes integrity and an understanding of why and whom you serve. from president obama's first day in office, i watched him because i know you have. they face tough decisions and always put the edge on middle class americans above those with larger wallets haven't ever loud their voice. i admire him for that. because president obama sits behind that desk, every day people from planes, georgia to pittsburgh have someone on their side, thinking about them, working to give them an equal chance in life. in just four short years he's worked to an economic to bring an end to the ill conceived war in iraq and signed into law historic healthcare reform, a dream that was al
ladies and gentlemen, both now and for the next four years, we have just such a leader in the whitehouse. something you realize quickly in the oval office the easy decisions are not the onesç tht make their way to ymu$ desk. whether they are issues of war and peace or grave economic matters, popular or unpopular, only a president can make those most difficult choices. in those moments, it takes more than a grasp of policy, it takes integrity and an understanding of why and whom you serve....
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when president obama came to the whitehouse, he and his team assessed the relationship between moscow and washington and suggested what they call the reset of those relations which we supported. and i believe that since then, we have been having understanding between us, between moscow and russia, that the really mutually beneficial partnership in the interest of the russian and american people in the interest of international relations given the importance of the two countries can be based on equal, mutually respectful, mutually beneficial relationship. and on that route, we achieved quite a lot. i would be incomplete if i don't mention that there are problems, of course. you mentioned one of them, missile defense. we think this is a very critical issue in the relationship, having consequences for the global stability and strategic -- i recall it was the united states who suggested back in 1972 to sign the treaty which limited the missile defense deployment by the soviet union at that time and russia. it was all this decay considered by the military of both countries as being very im
when president obama came to the whitehouse, he and his team assessed the relationship between moscow and washington and suggested what they call the reset of those relations which we supported. and i believe that since then, we have been having understanding between us, between moscow and russia, that the really mutually beneficial partnership in the interest of the russian and american people in the interest of international relations given the importance of the two countries can be based on...
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they came back this time and it went straight to the senate, they had a debate, senator whitehouse had rewritten this -- so that it's now purely disclosure. >>> these special interests have motives! they have motives to spend this money. and if those motives were good for america, if they were welcome to the average american, they wouldn't need, and they wouldn't want to keep them secret. >>> a bill that has only two discernible purposes, to create the impression of mischief where there is none, and to send a message to unions that democrats are just as eager to do their legislative bidding as ever. >>> and again, they could not get the votes to get it to the floor. >>> sadly every member of the other party voted against it. what is so wrong mr. president with voters having information about who is trying to influence their vote? >>> what would it have done if it had passed? what would it have required? >> it would essentially have said that if you spend money to talk about candidates in an election season, no matter who you are, we don't care if you call yourself a (c) (4) or a (c) (6
they came back this time and it went straight to the senate, they had a debate, senator whitehouse had rewritten this -- so that it's now purely disclosure. >>> these special interests have motives! they have motives to spend this money. and if those motives were good for america, if they were welcome to the average american, they wouldn't need, and they wouldn't want to keep them secret. >>> a bill that has only two discernible purposes, to create the impression of mischief...
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, they wouldn't govern, they couldn't lead, and we shouldn't let them take over the senate from the whitehouse. [crowd cheering] we must stop the tea party before the united states senate falls into the hands of extremists and idealogs who levees no room for reason or compromise who don't recognize common ground even when they're standing on it. and if they won't stand up to rush limbaugh or grover norquist, what would make anyone think they would stand up for you. [crowd cheering] you see, today's republican party believes in two sets of rules. one for millionaires and billionaires and another for the middle class. and this year, they've nominated the strongest proponent and beer es beneficiary of this rigged gain, mitt romney. never in modern american history has a presidential candidate tried so hard to hide himself from the people heç hopes toç serve. when you look at the one tax return he has released, it's obvious why. it's obvious why there's only been one. we learned that he pays a lower tax rate than middle class families. we learned he chose swiss bank accounts and came cayman is
, they wouldn't govern, they couldn't lead, and we shouldn't let them take over the senate from the whitehouse. [crowd cheering] we must stop the tea party before the united states senate falls into the hands of extremists and idealogs who levees no room for reason or compromise who don't recognize common ground even when they're standing on it. and if they won't stand up to rush limbaugh or grover norquist, what would make anyone think they would stand up for you. [crowd cheering] you see,...
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, they wouldn't govern, they couldn't lead, and we shouldn't let them take over the senate from the whitehouse. [crowd cheering] we must stop the tea party before the united states senate falls into the hands of extremists and idealogs who levees no room for reason or compromise who don't recognize common ground even when they're standing on it. and if they won't stand up to rush limbaugh or grover norquist, what would make anyone think they would stand up for you. [crowd cheering] you see, today's republican party believes in two sets of rules. one for millionaires and billionaires and another for the middle class. and this year, they've nominated the strongest proponent and beer es beneficiary of this rigged gain, mitt romney. never in modern american history has a presidential candidate tried so hard to hide himself from the people heç hopes toç serve. when you look at the one tax return he has released, it's obvious why. it's obvious why there's only been one. we learned that he pays a lower tax rate than middle class families. we learned he chose swiss bank accounts and came cayman is
, they wouldn't govern, they couldn't lead, and we shouldn't let them take over the senate from the whitehouse. [crowd cheering] we must stop the tea party before the united states senate falls into the hands of extremists and idealogs who levees no room for reason or compromise who don't recognize common ground even when they're standing on it. and if they won't stand up to rush limbaugh or grover norquist, what would make anyone think they would stand up for you. [crowd cheering] you see,...
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and with president obama and vice president joe biden in the whitehouse, we will. president obama, your values, your vision, your commitment to justice are still worth fighting for. thank you. [crowd cheering] >> we've been through a lot together. but we've known tough times before. what carries us through? what helps us endure. what are the qualities so central to us and the leaders who occupy his office. >> he did some things knowing that they wouldn't be popular in the short run that would lay the foundation for recovery. no other country in the world would give up the capacity to manufacture cars at the time. and so he did what the government's supposed to do in a case like that. >> do not rescue the automobile industry. i mean, it was overwhelming, look at the polling number. >> a country in the midst of a final crises thafinancial crisee really knew the depth of the challenges that were coming. i think he had a sense. >> my grandparents came out of the depression. they knew what it was like for people not to have. we all understand work as something more than
and with president obama and vice president joe biden in the whitehouse, we will. president obama, your values, your vision, your commitment to justice are still worth fighting for. thank you. [crowd cheering] >> we've been through a lot together. but we've known tough times before. what carries us through? what helps us endure. what are the qualities so central to us and the leaders who occupy his office. >> he did some things knowing that they wouldn't be popular in the short run...
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that is not the kind of experience we need in the whitehouse. we need a president who will create good paying jobs and make sure everyone has a fair chance. we need president obama. [crowd cheering] >> good evening. good evening. a special greeting to my fellow minnesotaians and to the hard working missourians i was privileged to represent for so many years. i'm david foster and i was a steel worker for 31 years. for 15 years, i laid brick and tapped the if yo if you furnacel that hard dirty work that turned molten metal into the cars, bridges and buildings that make america what it is today. [crowd cheering] and i also led the steelworkers in a 13-state region including gsp steel in kansas city. a 100-year ol-old company boughy mitt romney and his partners at bain capital in 1993. now it's a stor story that i wii didn't have to tell but america needs to know the truth. when romney and bain took over the mill, they loaded it up with millions in debt. and within months, they used zoosome of that borrowed money o pay themselves millions. within a
that is not the kind of experience we need in the whitehouse. we need a president who will create good paying jobs and make sure everyone has a fair chance. we need president obama. [crowd cheering] >> good evening. good evening. a special greeting to my fellow minnesotaians and to the hard working missourians i was privileged to represent for so many years. i'm david foster and i was a steel worker for 31 years. for 15 years, i laid brick and tapped the if yo if you furnacel that hard...
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next we're going to senator whitehouse. i note that we have written testimony from dennis lieberman -- muse -- excuse me -- they were fired for trying to maintain early voting on the weekends to provide greater access to thousands of individuals who because of their jobs, family responsibilities, but might not be able to vote in the workweek. i understand principles, putting their post statement in the record. senator whitehouse. >> thank you, mr. chairman, thank you for holding this important hearing. let me follow-up on what professor johnstone said about we will find out. i'm of the view that the citizens united decision was an epic error by the supreme court, one that will probably have a reputation in history like lockner versus new york. there is bipartisan sentiment that was a mistake. senator mccain called the decision uninformed, arrogant, and naive. there are things that i think are problematic about it, the fallacy of independence between the so-called independent expendtures in the campaigns, and the fallacy of
next we're going to senator whitehouse. i note that we have written testimony from dennis lieberman -- muse -- excuse me -- they were fired for trying to maintain early voting on the weekends to provide greater access to thousands of individuals who because of their jobs, family responsibilities, but might not be able to vote in the workweek. i understand principles, putting their post statement in the record. senator whitehouse. >> thank you, mr. chairman, thank you for holding this...
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whitehouse: m, this week the conservation community mourns the passing of a great american leader, a passionate individual and an inspiration and friend to many, russell erol train. president nixon first named russell train as under secretary of the department of the interior and then as the first chairman of the new white house council on environmental quality from 1970-1973. russ train then became the administer of the e.p.a., serving there from 1973-1977. he was at the forefront of the legislation that became the bedrock of our country's environmental policy, the clean air act, the safe drinking water act, the endangered species act, the toxic substances control act -- laws that keep the american public safe and that protect our american natural resources. his desire to protect wildlife and habitat predated these years of public service. he founded the wildlife conservation foundation in 1959 and then the african wildlife foundation. and when the world wildlife fund was established in the united states, he became its first president. this week, worldwide life fund u.s. c.e.o. cart
whitehouse: m, this week the conservation community mourns the passing of a great american leader, a passionate individual and an inspiration and friend to many, russell erol train. president nixon first named russell train as under secretary of the department of the interior and then as the first chairman of the new white house council on environmental quality from 1970-1973. russ train then became the administer of the e.p.a., serving there from 1973-1977. he was at the forefront of the...
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chief whitehouse correspondented henry is here live in charlotte with more. >> reporter: we are told by the president's senior advisers he still has not finished his speech, still tinkering with it. he's been working with several drafts. he'll do a lot more work this afternoon. to give you an idea of how much work is going into this. and it's interesting because when you say this is a critical moment in his presidency in hisee election i was talking to one of the the president's senior advisers who rolled his eyes at the idea that i don't know how many biggest speeches of his life throughout the 2008 campaign, throughout his presidency he's had big speeches, many of them rising to the occasion. the question tonight is can he rise to the occasion one more time as would he saw bill clinton do last night in trying the make the case for this president. in terms of themes here what we should be looking for is that this president is going to do a little bit of what bill clinton did last night and not so much talk about his record of the last four years but try to reframe the election about
chief whitehouse correspondented henry is here live in charlotte with more. >> reporter: we are told by the president's senior advisers he still has not finished his speech, still tinkering with it. he's been working with several drafts. he'll do a lot more work this afternoon. to give you an idea of how much work is going into this. and it's interesting because when you say this is a critical moment in his presidency in hisee election i was talking to one of the the president's senior...
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this is what the whitehouse spokesman said minutes ago. >> we have provided information about what we believe was the precipitating cause of the protest and the violence, based on the information that we have had available. there is an ongoing investigation, the f.b.i. is investigating, and that investigation will follow the facts wherever they lead. >> reporter: carney also says he does n intelligence warnings that the u.s. received prior to the attack, and he pointed to remarks this weekend by susan rice, the u.s. ambassador to the united nations to said the attack object the u.s. consulate which killed four americans does not appear to have been a quote, preplanned, premeditated attack. here is more from ambassador rice. >> what happened initially was that it was a spontaneous reaction to what had just transpired in cairo, as a consequence of the video. people gathered outside the embassy and then it grew very violent. those with extremist ties joined the fray and came with heavy weapons which unfortunately are quite common in post revolutionary libya, and that then spun out of con
this is what the whitehouse spokesman said minutes ago. >> we have provided information about what we believe was the precipitating cause of the protest and the violence, based on the information that we have had available. there is an ongoing investigation, the f.b.i. is investigating, and that investigation will follow the facts wherever they lead. >> reporter: carney also says he does n intelligence warnings that the u.s. received prior to the attack, and he pointed to remarks...
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president, i also want to say a word on the issue of social security and i want thank you and senators whitehouse and senators begich for joining me yesterday and in releasing a letter which had 29 signatures on it for members of the united states senate, and that letter was pretty simple. what it said is that social security has not added a nickel to the deficit because social security, of course, is funded by the payroll tax and it said that social security has a $2.7 trillion surplus, can pay out all benefits to eligible americans for the next 21 years. so that it is absolutely wrong and bad public policy to be talking about cutting social security within the context of deficit reduction when social security has nothing to do with the deficit. the reason that we are in a deficit situation today in a significant way, the reason that we have gone a very long way in the wrong direction since january, 2001, when bill clinton left office with a $236 billion surplus, has nothing to do with social security. it has everything to do with bush and those people who voted for two wars and forgot to pay fo
president, i also want to say a word on the issue of social security and i want thank you and senators whitehouse and senators begich for joining me yesterday and in releasing a letter which had 29 signatures on it for members of the united states senate, and that letter was pretty simple. what it said is that social security has not added a nickel to the deficit because social security, of course, is funded by the payroll tax and it said that social security has a $2.7 trillion surplus, can...
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i thank senator whitehouse on his important work on this issue and my staff for all the work they have done on this important legislation. i thank lisa swazey for her support in the pancreatic cancer issue. on a personal note, when my twin brother and i were 12 years old, we lost our mother to cancer after a valiant three-year battle. i dedicate whatever modest work i have done on this issue in her memory. i urge my colleagues to support recalcitrant research act and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new jersey yields back. the gentleman from pennsylvania is recognized. mr. pitts: mr. speaker, in conclusion, i want to commend the advocacy of the leadership, mr. up ton, the ranking member, the full committee and the subcommittee and thank the staffs of both the subcommittee and the full committee for their tireless work inputting together this bipartisan compromise. an excellent bill. and i urge support from the members for h.r. 733, the recalcitrant cancer research act of 2012. and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the question is, wi
i thank senator whitehouse on his important work on this issue and my staff for all the work they have done on this important legislation. i thank lisa swazey for her support in the pancreatic cancer issue. on a personal note, when my twin brother and i were 12 years old, we lost our mother to cancer after a valiant three-year battle. i dedicate whatever modest work i have done on this issue in her memory. i urge my colleagues to support recalcitrant research act and i yield back the balance of...
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and he was an excellent senator but he ran for re-election and a terrific guy sheldon whitehouse who is one of my favorite senators defeated him. the following year, '07 he switched parties and then was elected governor just i guess -- last year, year before in the 2010 elections. he's very popular and very well-liked. >> cenk: it sounds like chafee that makes me realize i wasn't absolutely crazy when i was republican as a kid in the northeast. growing up, going through college, et cetera. i remember tom cain not being crazy. i remember chafee not being crazy. senator jeffers from vermont not being crazy. o all of us noncrazies said enough is enough. >> eliot: in new york, we called them rockefeller republicans. the republican party in new york obviously much more centrist than in other parts of the nation and nelson rockefeller who was the governor for four terms before he became the vice president appointed to spiro agnew's term was the voice of that centrist republican party that has completely dissipated in the years since then. >> jennifer: notice how brilliant it is from a poin
and he was an excellent senator but he ran for re-election and a terrific guy sheldon whitehouse who is one of my favorite senators defeated him. the following year, '07 he switched parties and then was elected governor just i guess -- last year, year before in the 2010 elections. he's very popular and very well-liked. >> cenk: it sounds like chafee that makes me realize i wasn't absolutely crazy when i was republican as a kid in the northeast. growing up, going through college, et...
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orchestrating a kidnapping of western tourists in yemen in 1998, which left four dead including lawrence whitehouse's wife, margaret, shot as she helped another wounded hostage. >> it would have been good for him to stand trial in britain, but i think the u.s. authorities have evidence relating to the phone calls that occurred in the yemen between the 26th and the 29th of december 1998. and such evidence doesn't seem to be admissible in british courts. >> reporter: abu hamza has already been convicted of other terrorist actions in britain, but four other men extradited at the same time having never been convicted of anything. it's been almost a decade since abu hamza preached his fiery sermons outside this north london mosque. since then he and other terrorist suspects have been fighting extradition to the u.s. without ever being able to answer the charges of which the americans accuse them. some have been detained longer than anyone in british legal history without facing a jury. this case is especially controversial, he's never set foot in the u.s. he's accused of raising funds for terrorism via we
orchestrating a kidnapping of western tourists in yemen in 1998, which left four dead including lawrence whitehouse's wife, margaret, shot as she helped another wounded hostage. >> it would have been good for him to stand trial in britain, but i think the u.s. authorities have evidence relating to the phone calls that occurred in the yemen between the 26th and the 29th of december 1998. and such evidence doesn't seem to be admissible in british courts. >> reporter: abu hamza has...
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whitehouse: i'm very proud to follow chairman conrad to the floor at this time. there is no person in the united states senate who has worked harder on a budget compromise than senator conrad has. there's -- there is no person who has put out the hand of bipartisan friendship and cooperation more than senator conrad has. there is no person who has experienced more frustration of having that hand rejected and slapped away than senator conrad has and there is no person who has contained that frustration and continued to work forward and seek resolution in a dig fied way than -- dignified way than senator conrad has. is senate republicans this morning who took to the floor this morning to criticize democrats for failing to pass a budget and deal with the impending sequester and tax cuts expiration failed to note that senate democrats have in fact passed a budget law and a bill to extend the tax cuts for 98% of americans and 97% of small businesses. it's to protect the 2% and the 3% at the top of the income level that republicans have refused to allow that bill prote
whitehouse: i'm very proud to follow chairman conrad to the floor at this time. there is no person in the united states senate who has worked harder on a budget compromise than senator conrad has. there's -- there is no person who has put out the hand of bipartisan friendship and cooperation more than senator conrad has. there is no person who has experienced more frustration of having that hand rejected and slapped away than senator conrad has and there is no person who has contained that...
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whitehouse: thank you, madam president. i am here on the floor again today as i try to be every week to speak about the continuing effects of carbon pollution on our planet, on our climate, on our oceans. we've been away for the august recess, so it has been a while since i've done that, but august has been somewhat eventful. we've had two party conventions and we've had continued news about what is happening to our climate and to our world. the national national oceanic and atmospheric administration reported that july was the hottest month ever in the contiguous united states in their 118 years of keeping records. according to noaa's state of the climate reports, nearly 63% of the country experienced moderate to exceptional drought in july and august. it is affecting all sorts of folks. farmers, obviously. unexpectedly high spring temperatures, for instance, decimated tart cherry production in northwest michigan, where 75% of the country's tart cherries are grown. freezing weather followed by a warmer than usual spring de
whitehouse: thank you, madam president. i am here on the floor again today as i try to be every week to speak about the continuing effects of carbon pollution on our planet, on our climate, on our oceans. we've been away for the august recess, so it has been a while since i've done that, but august has been somewhat eventful. we've had two party conventions and we've had continued news about what is happening to our climate and to our world. the national national oceanic and atmospheric...
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signed by 18 senators as follo follows -- reid, inouye, murray, sanders, shaheen, durbin, whitehouse, stabenow, wyden, baucus, pryor, coons, tester, bennett, hagan, casey, blumenthal and boxer. mr. reid: mr. president, i now ask unanimous consent the mandatory quorum under rule 22 be waived. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: mr. president, per our previous consent agreement that's now before the senate, we will have the cloture vote after the caucus lunches at 2:15 p.m. today. the presiding officer: under the previous order, the senate previous order, the senate i think there are a lot of antiobama books out there critical of the president and a lot of books defending the president. i don't want to be either one of those books. i wanted to write a book to describe and answer but i thought was the most important question, the most interesting question. let's look at barack obama as a character. he's a complete fish out of water in a way. here is a guy with very little executive experience. his entire life is at the committee table in the state house or the u.s. senate
signed by 18 senators as follo follows -- reid, inouye, murray, sanders, shaheen, durbin, whitehouse, stabenow, wyden, baucus, pryor, coons, tester, bennett, hagan, casey, blumenthal and boxer. mr. reid: mr. president, i now ask unanimous consent the mandatory quorum under rule 22 be waived. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: mr. president, per our previous consent agreement that's now before the senate, we will have the cloture vote after the caucus lunches at 2:15 p.m. today....